CA2195002A1 - Method for steering a drill bit while drilling a bore hole - Google Patents

Method for steering a drill bit while drilling a bore hole

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CA2195002A1
CA2195002A1 CA2195002A CA2195002A CA2195002A1 CA 2195002 A1 CA2195002 A1 CA 2195002A1 CA 2195002 A CA2195002 A CA 2195002A CA 2195002 A CA2195002 A CA 2195002A CA 2195002 A1 CA2195002 A1 CA 2195002A1
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drilling tool
drilling
drill bit
steering
swivel coupling
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Benjamin C. Gray
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/068—Deflecting the direction of boreholes drilled by a down-hole drilling motor

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Abstract

A drilling system for controlling steering of a downhole drilling tool (23) includes a shallow bend (28) in the drilling tool and a system (22) for rotating the bent drilling tool slowly about a longitudinal axis (24) of the drilling tool while the drill bit rotates more rapidly. The system further allows the slow rotation to be halted at a predetermined orientation of the bend axis (28) so as to effect a change in drilling direction. The system for rotating and halting this slow rotation comprises a downhole swivel coupling between the drilling tool (23) and the drill string (100) so that torque from the drill bit tends to rotate the drilling tool in the opposite direction. A
control device is provided to restrict the amount of torque communicated through the swivel coupling and to halt the swivel coupling as required to control the steering of the drill bit.
CA002195002A 1994-07-25 1995-07-25 Method for steering a drill bit while drilling a bore hole Expired - Lifetime CA2195002C (en)

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US27934894A 1994-07-25 1994-07-25
US08/279,348 1994-07-25
US08/400,106 US5485889A (en) 1994-07-25 1995-03-03 Steering drill bit while drilling a bore hole
US08/400,106 1995-03-03
PCT/CA1995/000443 WO1996003565A1 (en) 1994-07-25 1995-07-25 Method for steering a drill bit while drilling a bore hole

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CA2195002A1 true CA2195002A1 (en) 1996-02-08
CA2195002C CA2195002C (en) 2000-06-27

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US (1) US5485889A (en)
EP (1) EP0772724B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2195002C (en)
DE (1) DE69511703T2 (en)
WO (1) WO1996003565A1 (en)

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DE69511703D1 (en) 1999-09-30
US5485889A (en) 1996-01-23
CA2195002C (en) 2000-06-27
WO1996003565A1 (en) 1996-02-08
DE69511703T2 (en) 2000-04-06
EP0772724B1 (en) 1999-08-25

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